What's On TODAY

By KATHRYN SHATTUCK

Published: December 21, 2008

9 P.M. (CBS) COLD CASEFrank Sinatra provides the background music -- oldies but goodies like ''Come Fly With Me,'' ''Too Marvelous for Words,'' ''I've Got the World on a String,'' ''Little Girl Blue'' and ''Someone to Watch Over Me'' -- in this episode about the 1960 murder of a flight attendant who was trying to organize a union. Adrienne Barbeau, Mariette Hartley and Lee Majors guest star as former members of the dead woman's flight team. Raymond J. Barry (''Born on the Fourth of July''), above with Kathryn Morris, joins the cast in a recurring role as, yes, the long-lost father of Lilly (Ms. Morris).

10 A.M. (Fox) FOX NEWS SUNDAY WITH CHRIS WALLACE Vice president Dick Cheney talks about the last eight years, the future of the Republican Party and the incoming Obama administration.

10:30 A.M. (CBS) FACE THE NATION Kerry Kennedy, Geraldine Ferraro and Joel I. Klein, chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, discuss Caroline Kennedy and the New York senate seat.10:30 A.M. (NBC) MEET THE PRESS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is the guest.

8 P.M. (CBS) MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD Julie Chen and Phil Keogan trade clues for big bucks as the series moves into its regular time slot. Regis Philbin is host.

8 P.M. (Lifetime Movie Network) SPECIAL DELIVERY (2008) A bonded courier (Lisa Edelstein) is charged with delivering a bratty 15-year-old (Brenda Song) from Asia to her mother in the United States as part of a bitter custody battle. It's a trap.

8 P.M. (Showtime) BROTHERHOOD With Donatello (Matt Servitto) in critical condition, Tommy (Jason Clarke) is starting to look like the next speaker of the House, leading Freddie Cork (Kevin Chapman) to try to get on his good side in this Season 3 finale. Meanwhile, Italian mobsters, state police and feds are hot on the trail of Michael (Jason Isaacs) as he searches for Colin (Brian F. O'Byrne).

9 P.M. (13) PRIME SUSPECT: THE FINAL ACT Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) investigates her last case, the disappearance of a girl, in this ''Masterpiece'' repeat.

9 P.M. (Science) SEARCH FOR THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM Biblical scholars and scientists merge astronomy and astrology with religion and philosophy to explain the origins of the Christmas star.

9 P.M. (VH1) ROCK OF LOVE GIRLS: CHARM SCHOOL Her tutelage in the ways to win a rocker's affections complete, Sharon Osbourne crowns a winner and bestows a $100,000 check.

10 P.M. (BBC America) SKINS The gang members say farewell to Chris (Joe Dempsie) in this season finale, though his father bans them from attending the funeral. Then Sid (Mike Bailey) moves halfway around the world -- and Effy (Kaya Scodelario) moves up the ladder.

10 P.M. (E!) THE GIRLS NEXT DOORHugh Hefner thumbs through a scrapbook and reminisces about his life while the women work on the 2009 ''Girls Next Door'' calendar.

10 P.M. (Investigation Discovery) THE SHIFT This new documentary series follows homicide detectives of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, below, as they piece together clues and hunt down suspects during the ''prime time'' middle shift (2 to 10:30 p.m.). They're apparently good at their jobs, with a nearly 78 percent clearance rate -- cases in which a suspect is arrested and charged -- versus the national average of 61 percent. In this premiere episode, a man is found shot dead, and while several witnesses saw another man near the scene shooting a gun, no one saw the incident under investigation.